PHOTOS: What San Antonio looked like 40 years ago

By: Candice Avila-Garcia, MySA, San Antonio Express-News

Updated
6:40 am CDT, Friday, August 24, 2018

Life in San Antonio in 1978: The Spurs were at Hemisfair Arena, 281 was opened, Penner's burned down and The Sex Pistols stormed into Randy's Rodeo Nightclub. Click through to see what life was like in the Alamo City in 1978.

Life in San Antonio in 1978: The Spurs were at Hemisfair Arena, 281 was opened, Penner's burned down and The Sex Pistols stormed into Randy's Rodeo Nightclub. Click through to see what life was like in the

Life in San Antonio in 1978: The Spurs were at Hemisfair Arena, 281 was opened, Penner's burned down and The Sex Pistols stormed into Randy's Rodeo Nightclub. Click through to see what life was like in the Alamo City in 1978.

Life in San Antonio in 1978: The Spurs were at Hemisfair Arena, 281 was opened, Penner's burned down and The Sex Pistols stormed into Randy's Rodeo Nightclub. Click through to see what life was like in the

Photos from 1978 take us back to the old-school days of the Spurs at Hemisfair, Fiesta and even the St. Mary's Strip. It was also the year The Sex Pistols made a stop at Randy's Rodeo, one of just seven stops on their U.S. tour.

Click through the slideshow above for a trip through San Antonio's past.